Boat storage and gas
 

When a marina stores your boat do they put additive in fuel for storage, When I stored my jetski this yearner the first time at my house, I filled the tank , added stabilizer , ran for ten minutes then put away, my tritoon is stored at the local marina.

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The four or five different places that winterized my boat(s) all treated the gas with stabilizer.

Dave

I can't recall MVM listing adding additive as part of the winterization, but if you filled your tank with marine fuel, you've already got additives in it.

I'm always torn by the "store with full tank to prevent moisture" and "store with empty tank and fill with fresh fuel in spring."

I've always done the latter with my seasonal machines and never had a problem.

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Yes. Goodhue's (former Shep Brown’s/Meredith too) checks the fuel level prior to storing and adds additive accordingly.

Same here. I know it’s good to fill tank to keep water from accumulating but it was just easier to run low and use less stabilizer. My boat was very heavy to pull out with a full tank and I always bought gas at the marina.

All other small engines I don’t bother with stabilizer. Some are over 30 years old and still running fine. Never needed service. Maybe a spark plug once. So I question if stabilizer is even needed in the boat.

I used to fog the boat too and there was controversy on that too and I stopped doing that. Most critical was drain and flush/fill with RV antifreeze. It was a full inboard and it took a good 8 gallons. Never a problem never serviced in 20 years. Boat never left my yard (except when on water).

Yes they all do, it’s included and part of the winterization process.

At MVYC, Fuel stabilizer is on the work request list I fill out prior to storage. I add stabilizer when I buy gas in the summer if the boat will not be used for several weeks. The stabilizer is not part of the gas as far as I know.

If your marina sells ValvTect gas it has a stabilizer in it. With that said I also still put stabilizer in it as well. Cheap insurance.

Stabilizer is intended to help the boat owner stay even keeled through the off season.

Stabilizing the fuel allows for less worry!

One consideration is how long it takes to get the fuel from the tank to the carb/injectors.

If there is a long hose run and large fuel filter it may take longer than ten minutes at idle.

Right, I always ran it WOT for ~10 minute joy ride on the water just before I took it out.

Thinking over $6 a gallon on the water this summer


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You might be right. That will make all the people who filled in the fall feel good about the "cheap gas" they get to use on their first tankful.

I hope this mess ends soon. It will be interesting to see if there is any decline in boat usage if the gas price stays high into the summer. I have a boat that gets about 1.5 MPG. Even if you can afford it, you have to be thinking about the cost of fuel if it gets to the $6 per gallon range.

For me, $6 wouldn't change how often I go out, but it would fundamentally change what I do when out. Fewer port/restaurant visits and cross-lake trips to sandbars and more anchoring out in coves with picnic lunches, etc.

The jetski piece will be interesting as I think it'll be fairly similar. Instead of heading to Wolfeboro for lunch, we'll stop to swim and anchor out closer to home.

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I believe we all saw a reduction in boating the last time it was around $5. Don’t see why it would be different this season. And I also hope I am wrong, just don’t see how we recover quickly from this issue


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I generally watch for customers talking about energy efficient windows being their first priority... most are concerned with color, then price.

Also new builds would be seeking trusses with energy heels.

It would be about the same cycle as last time - capitalism balanced it out... could produce enough to meet total demand, so demand destruction balanced it out.

This one may more likely be that... I watched an interview with Devon Energy; seems they aren't willing to pump more... the debt is too risky should demand destruction kick in.